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-Original annotation:
 [Someone sent this in from California, and we decided to extend
 our campaign against information hoarding to recipes as well
 as software.  (Recipes are the closest thing, not involving computers,
@@ -9,86 +8,150 @@
 Therefore, this recipe can be thought of as a compatible replacement.
 We have reports that the cookies it makes are pretty good.]
 
-New annotation for XEmacs 19.15/20.1:
-[This file originally contained SPAM.  It has been updated for XEmacs. -sb]
+Someone at PG&E called the Mrs. Fields Cookie office
+and requested the recipe for her cookies. They asked
+her for her charge card number, and she gave it to them
+thinking the cost would be $15 to $25.  It turned out
+to be $200!
 
-From: jhayward@math.uiuc.edu (Jonathan Hayward)
-Subject: A delicacy of delicacies
-Date: 19 Feb 1997 16:30:02 -0800
+Therefore, this person is giving the recipe to anyone 
+and everyone she knows (and doesn't know) so that 
+someone can get use of her $200.  Anyway, just keep
+passing it on.
+
+Cream together:		2 cups butter
+			2 cups sugar
+			2 cups brown sugar
 
-Okay, everyone...  a true story of justice in the good old U.S. of A.  Thought
-y'all might enjoy this; if nothing else, it shows internet justice, if it can
-be called that.
+Add:			4 eggs
+			2 tsp. vanilla
 
-On a whim, I decided to visit Hormel's main plant, and, after a tour, we were
-allowed to taste samples of their various products.  And there was one...  I
-don't think that words can describe how it tasted.  It was a meat product, but
-to call it meat would not do it justice.  The memory of the taste brings tears
-to my eyes.
+Mis together in
+separate bowl:		4 cups flour 
+			5 cups oatmeal (put small
+ amounts of oatmeal in blender until it turns to
+ powder.  Measure out 5 cups of oatmeal and only
+ "powderize" that, NOT 5 cups "powderized" oatmeal)
+
+			1 tsp salt
+			2 tsp baking powder
+			2 tsp baking soda
+
+Mix:			All of the above
 
-I like to cook in my spare time, so I asked the tour guide if they could give
-me the recipe.  She frowned, and said, "I'm afraid not."  Well, I said, would
-you let me buy the recipe?  With a cute smile, she said, "Yes."  I asked how
-much, and she responded, "Two-fifty."  I said with approval, just add it to my
-tab.
+Add:			24 oz. bag of chocolate chips and
+			1 finely grated 8 oz Hershey bar (plain)
+
+Add:			3 cups chopped nuts (any kind)
+
+Bake on greased cookie sheet (make golf ball sized balls) and
+bake about two inches apart.  Bake at 350 degrees for 8 - 10 
+minutes. DO NOT OVERBAKE.  Makes 112.
+
+From: ucdavis!lll-lcc!hplabs!parcvax!bane@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (John R. Bane)
+Subject: Re: free cookie foundation?
 
-Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement from Hormel and it was $285.00.
-I looked again and remembered I had only spent $9.95 for a couple of tins, and
-about $20.00 for an anti-nauseant.  As I glanced at the bottom of the
-statement, it said, "Recipe -- $250.00."  Boy, was I upset!  I called Hormel's
-Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said it was "two-fifty," and I did
-not realize she meant $250.00 for a recipe.  I asked them to take back the
-recipe and reduce my bill and they said they were sorry, but because all the
-recipes were this expensive so not just everyone could duplicate any of our
-delicacies...  the bill would stand.
+Hi! I "stole" your very expensive cookie recipe off the net. If you
+want to send me your SnailMail address, I'll be glad to send you a
+dollar (I would like to suggest this to the net, but I think there is
+some netiquette rule against asking for money - or is that only money
+for oneself?) to help defray the cost (it's not much, but if EVERYone
+who took the recipe sent you a dollar, it would help). 
+
+Here also is another cookie recipe which I'm very fond of. 
 
-I waited, thinking of how I could get even or even try and get any of my money
-back.  I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250.00 and now I'm going to have
-$250.00 worth of fun."  I told her that I was going to see to it that every
-gourmet will have a $250.00 recipe from Hormel for nothing.  She replied, "I
-wish you wouldn't do this."  I said, "I'm sorry but this is the only way I feel
-I could get even," and I will.
+Makes 6-8 dozen
+Bake at 375 degrees for ~10 min.
+
+Cream together: 
+
+1 cup shortening (I use Weight Watcher's Reduced Calorie Margarine!)
+1/4 cup peanut butter (I recommend the non-sugared kind)
+1/2 cup sugar
+1/2 cup brown sugar
+2 eggs
+1 teaspoon vanilla
+
+Add:
 
-So, here it is, and please pass it on to someone else or run a few copies...  I
-paid for it; now you can have it for free.
+1/2 cup flour
+1 teaspoon soda
+1/2 teaspoon salt
+2 cups rolled oats (I use the 5-min variety)
+1-2 cups chocolate chips (I use 2 cups semi-sweet - ummmm!)
+1 cup nuts (I use pecan pieces - don't get them crushed, or the extra
+	    oil will make greasy cookies)
+1 cup shredded or flaked coconut
+
+(The nuts were listed as optional and I added the coconut myself, but
+I really love them there! You could also add things like m&m's, or
+raisins (I don't care for raisins in cookies, but you might).  I've
+always wanted to try banana chips.)
+
+Mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet (I use pam).
+Bake at 375 degrees for approx. 10 min.
 
-	(Trust me; this recipe is so good that you will want to make as much as
-	you can at once, which is why I list so much.  This may be doubled, of
-	course):
-	1 pig carcass (all parts that are technically digestible but can't be
-		used for any other purpose, even hot dogs)
-	1 gallon castor oil
-	1 salt lick
-	1 gallon vomit
-	16 lbs recycled plastic
+My aunt found this recipe in an Amish book called something like
+"Eating Well When The Whole World Is Starving," and although I thought
+a cookie recipe was a bit odd for a book like that, they are about the
+healthiest a cookie is ever likely to get.
+
+They are also very easy to make (no blending, sifting, rolling, etc.)
+and extremely delicious.  I get rave reviews and recipe requests whenever
+I make them.
+
+				- rene
+
+Chocolate Chip Cookies - Glamorous, crunchy, rich with chocolate bits & nuts.
+
+Also known as "Toll House" Cookies ... from Kenneth and Ruth Wakefield's 
+charming New England Toll House on the outskirts of Whitman, Massachusetts.
+These cookies were first introduced to American homemakers in 1939 through
+our series of radio talks on "Famous Foods From Famous Eating Places."
 
-	The cooking technique is simple.  Use a blender, branch shredder, or
-	anything else handy to shred the carcass, salt, and plastic; mix evenly
-	in a sufficiently large container.  There are a variety of ways to cook
-	it; in experimenting, I have found the best option to be slow boiling
-	in motor oil.  But the specific method of cooking doesn't matter much;
-	with such an extraordinary combination of ingredients, nobody will know
-	the difference.  When it is cooked, compress it into small tins (at
-	Hormel, it came in dark blue tins with four large white or yellow
-	letters -- I won't specify which four letter word, because there are
-	some people who find it to be more obscene and offensive than a certain
-	crude word for sex), and open and enjoy at leisure.  You don't need to
-	worry about it spoiling; bacteria won't touch it, and at any rate
-	there is a specific reason why it _can't_ go bad.  Makes at least 112
-	tins.
+Mix Thoroughly :
+	2/3 cup soft shortening ( part butter )
+	1/2 cup granulated sugar
+	1/2 cup brown sugar ( packed )
+	1 egg
+	1 tsp vanilla
+
+Sift together and stir in :
+	1-1/2 cups sifted flour (*)
+	1/2 tsp soda
+	1/2 tsp salt
+
+Stir in :
+	1/2 cup cut-up nuts
+	6 oz package of semi-sweet chocolate pieces ( about 1-1/4 cups )
+
+
+(*) for a softer, more rounded cookie, use 1-3/4 cups sifted flour.
+
 
-Have fun!!  This is not a joke --- this is a true story.  That's it.  Please,
-pass it along to everyone you know, single people, mailing lists, etc...
+Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2" apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until
+delicately browned ... cookies should still be soft. Cool slightly before you
+remove them from the baking sheet.
 
-Oh, and one last thing I almost forgot...
+Temperature:		375 F. ( modern oven )
+Time:			bake 8 - 10 minutes
+Amount:			4 - 5 dozen 2" cookies
+
+
+=====
+
+Personal comments :
 
-I feel a little guilty for presuming to speak about how to best serve a
-delicacy so wonderful -- the final word must go to gourmets and chefs with a
-taste far more refined than mine -- but there are a thousand ways in which it
-may be served, and, after a little experimenting, I really HAVE to share with
-you my personal favorite:
+I find it tastes better with a mixture of shortening and butter, as they say.
+
+You don't need << all >> of that sugar, and it can be whatever color you want.
+
+The nuts are optional. Feel free to play with the recipe. I put oatmeal in it,
+reducing flour accordingly, and sometimes cinnamon.
 
-	Open one tin; slice thinly.  Marinate in pesto sauce, with a touch of
-	thyme.  Roast slowly over an open flame (I have found wood --
-	preferably oak -- to work best), then THROW THE STUPID THING OUT THE
-	WINDOW AND COOK YOURSELF A STEAK.
+I also find it useful to grease the cookie sheets.
+
+I think I'm going to go bake some now ...
+
+-- richard
+